Abstract

Objective:Determine knowledge, practices and perception about healthy lifestyles and nutritional status possessed by students of the early years of the Polytechnic Institute of Health UNAN-Managua 2017. Materials and Methods: A descriptive, transversal, was performed with a universe of 406 students and a sample of 168 students, the information was obtained through a survey, which was filled out by each participant, anthropometric measurements for nutritional assessment was made. Once the data were processed and the results were created in statistical tables and graphs using, Microsoft Excel, SPSSversion 21 for Windows. results:the female dominates 63% in the age group 15 to 20 years, 71% of students of different races have adequate knowledge of Food and Nutrition, in turn 57% were identified best practices on lifestyles healthy, according to the perception of healthy lifestyles most regularly they were classified by performing 6 questions. Regarding the nutritional status 60.7% of students were found in a normal classification, 33.9% had excess malnutrition and 5.4% underweight. conclusions:college students have acceptable knowledge but do not put it into practice, have regular perception about healthy eating, and their nutritional status.
Keywords:
Knowledge, practices, perceptions, Lifestyles, Nutritional status